[Ads-l] Antedating of "Scatting"

[Shapiro, Fred]

scatting, n. (OED 1946)

1932 Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune 26 July 4/6 (Newspapers.com)

When you asked [Cab] Calloway how an ambitious young man becomes an expert in scatting, he said you joined a basketball team at school and then went in for close harmony.

Fred Shapiro

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